On the one hand, I liked the character well enough, although she was never a particular favorite. I've always been a Hawkeye fan, and her presence gave him some good storylines (particularly in West Coast Avengers...or was it Avengers West Coast...oh, wait, it was both, never did figure that one out). I've always liked non-powered (trained rather than lucky :)) female heroes, and she's one of those.
On the other hand, I'm not a huge fan of married superheroes in general, and I think Hawkeye as a character actually works better as single due to his personality. I never got the sense that Mockingbird was really his equal as a hero (as I did with the Black Widow), which was a problem for me, particularly since she was an Avenger. I also understand that she's had some significant after-death appearances, which could make it a problem for the new arrival to be the real Bobbie. But mainly, I honestly just didn't miss her. Seeing her didn't give me the "ooh, maybe she's not a Skrull, wouldn't that be cool!" reaction.
Oh, and Clint asking her about a certain date that only the two of them would know about? He's deluding himself if he thinks that's positive proof one way or the other.
I envision something like this scene from JLA where Plastic Man thinks he has trickily discovered which of multiple white-Martian Green Lanterns was the real Kyle...
Clint is smarter than that.
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